New MacBook Air 2018 - fan noise

HI,

I had a similar problem, new MacBook air 2018. Fan was going crazy all the time.

Anyway i went to the utilities folder and then activity monitor. It turns out a piece of software

to do with Netatmo (weather app) was using all the cpu time 100%. Once I killed

off that process/task every thing was normal.

When you migrate to a new mac with a new OS there might be software on your mac that does not

work for some reason.

I would have thought that the OS itself would have detected the cpu hog and killed it off automatically

and then informed me via a notification of some sort. But no !

Regards

James

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Can you try resetting your SMC to see if that fixes the issue? Here's a guide: How to reset the System Management Controller (SMC) on your Mac - Apple Support

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Hi

I have been using my new MacBook air for few weeks and I have noticed that the fan makes a noise even when surfing.

Is this normal?

Thats why I won't upgrade from a MacBook until they remove the Fans from the Air. The MacBook Runs great and no fan noise is heavenly.

Thanks Fiona, just out of curiosity was it the same Netatmo weather app software or some other software.

It's a pity the OS can't deal with those sort of issues.

Regards

James (Ireland)